[Scan-DC] How quick are snipper calls being dispatched.

[Bob Brubaker]

Anyone know the delay in the various PD's from the time someone calls in a
sniper shooting till the word gets radio dispatched ?

I live in Fairfax Cnty.  Back when FCPD was still analog, I noticed long
processing times (5- 7 minutes) between when a call came in and when it got
dispatched.

This happened even for serious events.   A few years ago a person was being
robbed at gun-point at the far end of the Springfield mall parking garage.
One witness called it in on a cell phone as it was happening.  Another ran
to FCPD annex in the mall.   I don't know how long it took for that person
to find an officer but the officer used his radio to call in the robbery.
About 5 minutes later the dispatcher came on with the "real-time" call from
the cell-phone witness.

I wrote to FCPD but they denied my observation and said emergencies were
dispatched ASAP.

Bob W4NNG


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